Vaporizer and igniter for oil-engines.



PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905.

N. L. & W. W. TUCK.

VAPORIZBR AND IGNITER FOR OIL ENGINES.

APPLICATION PILED JULY 22. 1903. RENEWED FEB. 21,.1905.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON L. TUCK AND WILLIAM W. TUOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VAPORIZER AND I GNITER FOR OIL-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,388, dated March21, 1905.

Application filed July 22, 1903. Renewed February 21, 1905. Serial No.2&6,780.

To a. whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, NELsoN L. TUoK and WILLIAM W. TUOK, citizens of theUnited Statesand residents of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inVaporizers and Igniters for Oil-Engines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to igniters for internal-combustion engines, themain object of the invention being to provide an igniter of a naturesuch that it will afford a large heatingsurface on which the fuel willbe sprayed and then be ignited by the heat developed in the igniter asthe mixture or charge is compressed by the piston of the engine afterthe said igniter once reaches a given temperature and the engine isstarted and operated a short while by ordinary means, as alcohol-fueland an ordinary igniter.

To the ends thereof the invention consists of the igniter, arrangements,and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and

more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The preferred form of the invention is illustratedin the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure-1 is a longitudinalsectional view, and Figs. 2 and 3 are surface views of parts shown insection in Fig. 1.

In the drawings the reference (6 marks the cylinder, 6 the inlet orfuel-injector, and c a flame or a sparker or electrical igniter. Theforegoing are or may be of any suitable or known construction andoperation. Suspended from the cylinder-head and between the injector Z)and igniter c is the igniter d, which 'more particularly forms part ofthe subjectmatter of the present invention. The igniter d, asillustrated in the drawings, comprises three disks 0, one or more ofthem being provided with distance fingers, lugs, or pins f (baffles)arranged to break up the fuel charge coming in through the injector 1).Supported below the igniter d is a drip pan or catch consisting,preferably, of a plate g, having a circular groove 71 arranged in itstop face. The igniter (Z and pan g may be suspended by one and the samebolt 2, as shown. The

ignition of the charge (hydrocarbon'ltakes place at the end of thecompression, as the igniter (Z is formed from such material as will takeon an igniting temperature during the compression -stroke once it 'hasattained a given temperature through starting the engine by the use ofalcoholand igniting by the igniter 0. Among the materials which may beused for the igniter (Z may be mentioned cast-iron, which possesses therequired properties. The fluid hydrocarbon is vaporized by the hotigniter cl as it strikes thereon and is mixed with air in a knownmanner, and the igniter fires the charge as the charge is compressed bythe piston. (Not shown.)

What is claimed is 1. An igniter for hydrocarbon-engines, consisting ofa plurality of disks or plates between which are arranged a series ofspaced separators or baflies, and made of a material having a smallspecific heat coeificient.

2. An igniter for hydrocarbon-engines, consisting of a plurality ofdisks or plates between which are arranged a series of spaced separatorsor bafiies, and made of a material having a small specific heatcoefiicient, combined with a drip-pan arranged below said igniter.

3. An igniter for hydrocarbon-engines, consisting of a plurality ofdisks or plates between which are arranged a series of spaced separatorsor baflies, and made of a material having a small specific heatcoefficient, combined with a fuel-injector, and an ordinary igniter.

4. An igniter for hydrocarbon-engines consisting of a plurality ofparallel separated disks from one or more of which project fingers,lugs, or pins toward the other or others.

5. An igniter for hydrocarbon-engines consisting of parallel horizontalseparated disks from the side of one or more of which project fingers,lugs, or pins, in combination with a horizontally-acting injector, and adrip-pan arranged below said igniter.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 21st day of July, A. D. 1903..

NELSON L. TUOK. WILLIAM WV. TUOK.

l/Vitnesses:

FRANK RYALL, R. W. BARKLEY.

